Reacting to the news, One Twitter user posted: “Just read an article that there’s a global tequila shortage and I’ve never been so upset in my entire life,” while Alana B said: “There's been a lot of horrific things occurring in the world recently that have made me upset, but hearing there is a tequila shortage until 2021 devastated me.”

Kayla Streicher added: “I’ve just been informed that there is a tequila shortage because people are stealing agave plants and I just don’t need this kind of crisis and negativity in my life right now.”